- #1 Urban Strife
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Zombies 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Survival 11%, Tactical 10%
- #2 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Time Management 14.8%, Survival 14.2%, Grid-Based Movement 13.7%, Tactical 10.3%
- #3 Veterum
95% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Isometric 16%, Tactical 15.2%, Grid-Based Movement 13.7%
- #4 Dreadlands
96% matchMixed59% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: Blackfox StudiosPub: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Tactical 15.2%, Isometric 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%
- #5 Highrisers
94% matchMostly Negative38% of 121 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.1%, Zombies 19%, Survival 18.5%, Crafting 16.4%, Tactical 13.8%
- #6 Wanna Survive
94% matchVery Positive93% of 301 reviews2019
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.
Why similar: Zombies 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Tactical 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12%
- #7 Fury Turn
93% matchPositive100% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Anji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Save the scientists! Prevent biological catastrophe! Eat all the burgers on the way!
Why similar: Zombies 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Isometric 11.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
- #8 Last Hope Bunker: Zombie Survival
92% matchMixed61% of 343 reviews2024
Dev: Bazura GamesPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 48%
You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 29.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Survival 14.3%, Crafting 14.1%, Exploration 7.6%
- #9 electric strategy
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MAKO Studio
Windows
A turn-based tactics game where every action costs energy. Command robots across a grid-based battlefield, transfer power between units, and help machines reclaim their will.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Grid-Based Movement 15.1%, Tactical 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.3%
- #10 Stay Human
91% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Ratbyte Software
Windows
Explore a hex based procedurally generated cityscape, infested with assorted zombies, collect powerful and novel zombie slaying weapons, medical supplies and food. Rescue fellow survivors to grow your party, defeat powerful zombie bosses, escape the city... but most importantly... Stay Human!
Why similar: Zombies 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Tactical 10.2%, Top-Down 8.4%
- #11 The Hand of Merlin
90% matchMostly Positive71% of 358 reviews2022
Dev: Room-C GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.1%, Perma Death 23.1%, Tactical 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #12 The Dragoness: Command of the Flame
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 167 reviews2022
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Dragoness mixes HOMM-like exploration, city-building and turn-based strategic combat, with a roguelite twist. Choose your battles, paths and skills as you explore a world ravaged by war. Gather and manage your army of beasts, collect resources and expand your city.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.4%, Tactical 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Grid-Based Movement 15%, Isometric 12.5%
- #13 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
88% matchVery Positive94% of 4,386 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Zombies 27.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Survival 17.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12.9%, Crafting 10.1%
- #14 The Black Pepper Crew
89% matchPositive96% of 23 reviews2023
Dev: Quijipixel Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Assemble your crew, gear them up and fight creatively on this easy to learn but hard to master turn-based tactical roguelite. Capture the most dangerous bounties in the city, cash that juicy bounty and improve your chances of survival on a city filled with crime and jazzy grooves.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Perma Death 12.9%, Tactical 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Class-Based 11.3% ★
- #15 Solar Rogue
87% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Guillaume BouvierPub: Ombarus Dev
Windows · Linux
A space exploration adventure in the purest tradition of roguelike. Featuring procedurally generated solar systems, perma-death and tactical turned-based gameplay!
Why similar: Perma Death 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Tactical 10.6%, Survival 10.5%
- #16 Days of Doom
86% matchMostly Negative36% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: SneakyBoxPub: Atari
Windows
Gather your heroes and fight to make it to Sanctuary in this tactical RPG roguelite. Did we mention the zombies, raiders, and mysterious monstrosities that inhabit this post-apocalyptic wasteland? Welcome to the world of Days of Doom.
Why similar: Perma Death 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Isometric 12.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%
- #17 Squad Zero
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Code Bard Pub: Code Bard
Windows
Squad Zero is a squad-based open-world RPG with survival and strategy elements. The world has fallen to a zombie plague. Gather your squad, explore abandoned towns, scavenge resources, and build a base while the living and the dead fight for survival.
Why similar: Zombies 26.2%, Survival 17.8%, Post-apocalyptic 17.4%, Isometric 13.5%, Crafting 11.4%
- #18 Parasitic Descent
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Rogue Terrain Studios
Windows
In a world ravaged by a catastrophic event, humanity teeters on the brink of extinction. In "Parasitic Descent," you step into the boots of a lone survivor navigating the haunting remnants of a once-thriving civilization.
Why similar: Zombies 28%, Post-apocalyptic 24.3%, Survival 20.4%, Crafting 13.2%, Inventory Management 8.3%
- #19 MonsterSoft
85% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: WraithStudio
Windows
Manage a game-dev company where your only employees are skillful monsters. Dive into a turn-based, brain teasing adventure. Destroy humans in your free time.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.6%, Tactical 16%, Class-Based 13.2% ★, Strategy 12.9%
- #20 XCOM® 2
83% matchVery Positive85% of 107,051 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Why similar: Perma Death 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.3%, Tactical 11.9%, Isometric 11.6%
- #21 Survivor Squad
84% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.
Why similar: Zombies 40.7%, Survival 18.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 9.5%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #22 The Last Stand: Aftermath
82% matchVery Positive81% of 6,552 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Survival 16.2%, Perma Death 14.5%, Top-Down 7.6%
- #23 Don't Get Bit
82% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2021
Dev: Canine Games
Windows · Mac
It's the zombie apocalypse and Cassie, a sarcastic 18 year old armed with only her wits and a kitchen knife, must get to her uncle’s farm. Keep Cassie alive in this turn-based strategy game as she battles the undead across thirty levels trying to survive and not get bit.
Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Survival 11.2%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #24 Six Orders
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slashstep
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro turn-based tactics game where you have to find the one simulation to save the earth from its impending death. Control your army of robots to fight TERRAs on their mission to destroy the last remaining chance of terrestrial life.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Tactical 12.5%, Top-Down 11.7%
- #25 Zafehouse Diaries 2
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Zombies 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Survival 11.7%, Time Management 11.6%
- #26 Dungeon Deathball
79% matchVery Positive96% of 220 reviews2021
Dev: Matt Glanville
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
🏆🏀💀 TACTICS, TERROR & TOUCHDOWNS. Turn-based roguelike meets arcade death-sport, where every dungeon is a unique gauntlet of brutal challenges. Can you survive the trials of Dungeon Deathball and win back your freedom?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Perma Death 21.5%, Tactical 19.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Grid-Based Movement 14.6%
- #27 Dead State: Reanimated
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,543 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Zombies 44.5%, Survival 21.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Strategy 6.5%
- #28 Zombie Blitzkrieg
79% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Tiunovsky
Windows · Mac
Survive against zombies in this turn-based tactical roguelike. Outsmart your enemies in fast-paced battles using different tactics. Pick rewards and power up your character to conquer increasingly challenging levels.
Why similar: Zombies 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Grid-Based Movement 15.7%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #29 Pity Please!
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: RebelMedia Interactive
Windows
Pity Please! is a homeless mastery game about survival, strategy, exploration, and adapting to the vagrant lifestyle while overcoming challenges and improving your life! A casual grid-based survival strategy RPG with a cartoony lowpoly aesthetic.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Time Management 13.9%, Tactical 13.3%, Survival 13%, Grid-Based Movement 12.7%
- #30 From The Bunker
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: DEM Games
Windows
In «From The Bunker» you play as a group of survivors who have found a fortified bunker and are trying to survive in a world filled with the living dead. You'll have to explore the map in search of resources, fight off threats and build relationships with factions. Do whatever it takes to survive!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Zombies 14.9%, Survival 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%
- #31 Showgunners
76% matchVery Positive94% of 1,825 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Tactical 18%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.1%, Isometric 16.9%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #32 Tactical Battle Chronicles: Prelude to a War
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew Gardner
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tactical Battle Chronicles: Prelude to a war is a turn-based tactical rpg where you control a small group of fighters. Recruit allies and defeat your enemies to drive the bandits off.
Why similar: Perma Death 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Grid-Based Movement 12.1%, Tactical 10.8%
- #33 Zombie Neighborhood
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Playlearn
Windows
Get ready to venture into a fun and sarcastic post-apocalyptic world, in which the goal is to survive the maximum number of days possible while resolving preposterous conflicts between your group’s characters.
Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Survival 16.5%, Time Management 14.7%, Tactical 12.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
- #34 Free Strategy Chess Game
75% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
Dev: Wang ZhongQi
Windows
1.It is The Strategy Chess Game. 2.All operations are performed using the left mouse button. 3.In the world map, left-click to move the character. If the character is not visible, click the second and third buttons below to locate them.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 36.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.9%, Tactical 21.7%, Strategy 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #35 Organ Trail: Director's Cut
77% matchVery Positive88% of 3,135 reviews2013
Dev: The Men Who Wear Many Hats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.
Why similar: Zombies 45.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.8%, Perma Death 14.3%, Survival 9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #36 Antisuns
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nicolai Czempin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Board the enemy spaceship while defending your own in turn-based tactics. Outmaneuver foes, chain creative combos, and if you see a better way, rewind and take it. Push for greater rewards, so you’re ready for the tougher enemies ahead. But be aware of the enemies that are pushing back right now!
Why similar: Perma Death 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Grid-Based Movement 11.2%, Tactical 11%
- #37 Dreadveil
74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Inkarian Designs
Windows
Dreadveil is an atmospheric horror shooter where you desperately scavenge for resources while avoiding terrible monsters. Balance scarce resources to solve one of many issues. Make short-term decisions to solve a more pressing problem which will then come back and bite you in the future.
Why similar: Perma Death 25%, Zombies 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.6%, Crafting 13.5%, Atmospheric 8.7%
- #38 After the end
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Red Frog Games
Windows
In AFTER THE END, lead survivors in a post-apocalyptic zombie world. Manage scarce resources, face zombies and armed foes. Every decision matters, with permanent death and lasting consequences. Build your base and fight to survive.
Why similar: Zombies 26%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Perma Death 16.1%, Survival 15.9%, Strategy 7.5%
- #39 Crystant
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DAWNER
Windows
Crystant is a top-down roguelike set in a post-apocalyptic underground facility. Explore tangled tunnels, face strange mutants, and survive with limited resources. Hidden events, deadly traps, and clues await. Will you uncover the truth or fall into the darkness?
Why similar: Perma Death 20.1%, Zombies 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Survival 12.7%
- #40 Survival Log
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Midnight WorkshopPub: Lilith Games
Windows
The apocalypse is here, and you saw it coming. Survival Log is an urban survival game about preparation and foresight. Hoard supplies, reinforce your home, and optimize every run before zombies flood the city. Every failure becomes experience. You must adapt and survive this time.
Why similar: Zombies 21.1%, Time Management 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 15%, Survival 13.5%, Inventory Management 10.1%
- #41 NEO Scavenger
73% matchVery Positive90% of 5,359 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24%, Survival 22.8%, Perma Death 17.1%, Crafting 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%
- #42 Tank Top Tactics
72% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2022
Dev: Icecore StudiosPub: Stephan Grohe
Windows
1 vs 1 tactical turn-based battle game with tanks
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Tactical 13.3%, Grid-Based Movement 9.5%
- #43 Drifter at World's End
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Drifter Studio
Windows
A dice-driven doomsday survival sandbox game. Drive your RV across the wasteland, build your mobile fortress, and shape your survival story with every choice and dice roll.
Why similar: Zombies 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Post-apocalyptic 15.5%, Survival 13%, Isometric 11.8%
- #44 Cosmic Cowboy
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Summit Games Studio
Windows
Wield full control in this sci-fi tactical turn-based game, featuring skill progression. Create the ultimate build, specialise in different ability classes, and overpower your enemies. Take control of the charismatic mercenary, Cowboy in the far future as he brings down an insidious corporation.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Tactical 18.1%, Isometric 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #45 Captain Duck
69% matchPositive100% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: StudioShimazu
Windows · Mac
Captain Duck is a turn-based crafting adventure set on the legendary island El Dorado. Choose actions from a random card-based map, gather resources, craft gear, and grow stronger. Simple to play, deep to master.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.3%, Survival 22%, Crafting 17.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, Strategy 12.6%
- #46 Artifice: War Tactics
70% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Silvine Game Studios
Windows
Artifice: War Tactics is a turn-based roguelike where enemies show their next move. Evade, strike, and combo with your champions to flip the battlefield in your favor.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Perma Death 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, Tactical 13.8%, Isometric 11.3%
- #47 DEADCRAFT
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 153 reviews2022
Dev: Marvelous Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Farm the dead to stay alive in DEADCRAFT, a new twist on the zombie survival-action genre! As a half-zombie, grow an army of loyal undead followers and build an arsenal to equip them to take revenge on the rulers of humanity's last city.
Why similar: Zombies 31%, Post-apocalyptic 22.5%, Survival 19.9%, Crafting 16.8%, Isometric 8.6%
- #48 Evil Tactics
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: David Deraedt
Windows · Mac
Outsmart evil forces in this minimalist turn-based combat strategy game with telegraphed enemy attacks and no RNG where you control a growing group of survivors who explore a city infested by monsters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Tactical 14.5%, Grid-Based Movement 12.8%
- #49 Puzzle Tactics
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Robert Alvarez
Windows · Mac
Puzzle Tactics is a turn-based and grid-based tactics game played in various small levels. You play as the blue team with the goal of defeating the red team's units before losing your own. Later levels are more difficult and introduce more unit types in battle.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Tactical 18.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.8%, Grid-Based Movement 13.6%, Class-Based 12.1% ★
- #50 Forgotten but Unbroken
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 254 reviews2024
Dev: Centurion DevelopmentsPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
A tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by events and stories of forgotten and unsung heroes of WW2. Unique and new-to-genre features offer immersion and deeper protagonists to lead and care for. Lead the resistance against the Axis Forces.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Isometric 15.8%, Tactical 13%, Top-Down 10.6%
- #51 Recon Control
70% matchVery Positive84% of 132 reviews2021
Dev: Dmitry KozlovPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Perma Death 17%, Tactical 16.6%, Inventory Management 12.9%
- #52 Plague Lords: Witch Hunt
67% matchMixed56% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Red Unit StudiosPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
What seemed like an easy coin leads a small detachment of mercenaries and their employer to a barony lost in the woods, afflicted by a strange disease. The prologue to Plague Lords will introduce you to the basics of the game and take control of a small squad of trained soldiers.
Why similar: Perma Death 17.2%, Zombies 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Tactical 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%
- #53 Neon Raiders
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gridwork Games
Windows
From the creators of Mutant Year Zero comes a bold new take on turn-based tactics: a fast-paced, 1–4 player co-op heist game where you and your crew act as one. Build your team of raiders, take on high-stakes raids, and experience tactical combat like never before, no waiting, just pure action.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 28.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.5%, Isometric 19%, Strategy 14.7%, Tactical 13.4%
- #54 Staying Fresh
67% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Rubel Games
Windows
Don't let the mold take over the kitchen and turn all fresh food into rotten zombies. Immerse yourself in tactical roguelite adventures: lead culinary heroes, fight off zombies. Upgrade your fighters with fresh ingredients. Discover new recipes while exploring the mysterious abandoned kitchen.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Zombies 17.8%, Isometric 14.7%, Survival 11.1%, Crafting 9.4%
- #55 狂野网 Wild Web
69% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: HAOZHI Games
Windows
This is a relaxing turn based puzzle adventure game. This is a closed island, so hungry. Anyway, first defeat the creatures on the island to fill your stomach, and then walk all the way to the other end of the island.
Why similar: Perma Death 31.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.2%, Survival 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #56 Frozen State
69% matchMixed64% of 549 reviews2016
Dev: Flox StudiosPub: Flox Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Frozen State is a brutal, survival game set in a world embraced by the man-made ice age meant to protect mankind from pestilent hybrids. Bitter cold and numbing fear are the constant companions in the journey through the retro-futuristic Frozen State world.
Why similar: Zombies 24.3%, Survival 23.1%, Crafting 12.5%, Top-Down 10.5%, Isometric 10.4%
- #57 Valley Knights
68% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2022
Dev: Long Road Games
Windows
Recruit a company of heroes to save a world in ruins after a devastating cataclysm. Valley Knights is a turn-based, tactical, roguelike, RPG set in a dark-horror fantasy world out of the 1980s, where every decision matters, and no one lives forever...
Why similar: Perma Death 22.2%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Class-Based 10.5% ★, Top-Down 9.5%
- #58 Deadland 4000
66% matchPositive100% of 25 reviews2022
Dev: Cain Laikind
Windows · Linux
A turn-based post-apocalyptic roguelike set on a straight line. Scavenge food, sneak past enemies, find loot, and survive by any means necessary in the year 4000.
Why similar: Perma Death 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Survival 15.5%, Class-Based 10.2% ★
- #59 The Ranger: A Skyhopper Tale
67% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: From Chris
Windows
Hunt down and kill twisted woodland creatures in this roguelite focused purely on the tactical side of combat. No gear, no min-maxing, just you and a ton of enemies. Each boss you defeat earns you an ability sapped from them.
Why similar: Perma Death 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Survival 18.8%, Tactical 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%
- #60 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
66% matchMostly Positive80% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Black AnchorPub: Webzen
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 18.6%, Zombies 17.6%, Tactical 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%